Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, April 2, 2026 · Madison Square Garden
TSN2 · RDS · MSG
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 25-24.
Cole Caufield scored twice. Alex Newhook, Adam Fox and Will Cuylle also scored.
Jacob Fowler made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Igor Shesterkin stopped 22 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Alex Newhook (12)Ivan Demidov (43)1–004:36 MTL
Cole Caufield (48)Juraj Slafkovský (38), Nick Suzuki (66)Schneider 1:44 into shift2–006:20 MTL
3rd period
Adam Fox (7)Mika Zibanejad (38), Vladislav Gavrikov (18)Newhook 1:12 into shift2–109:23 NYR
Will Cuylle (17)Jonny Brodzinski (8), Vincent Trocheck (35)2–214:08 NYR- Cole Caufield (49)Mike Matheson (30), Nick Suzuki (67)3–214:55 MTL
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–0 · 2nd 6:20 · Caufield. NYR stayed on through an icing. Schneider was 1:44 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 MTL
2nd 4:36 · Newhook
Borgen 0:22
2–0 MTL
2nd 6:20 · Caufield
Stuck out there: Schneider 1:44
2–1 NYR
3rd 9:23 · Fox
Long shift: Newhook 1:12
2–2 NYR
3rd 14:08 · Cuylle
Gallagher 0:37
3–2 MTL
3rd 14:55 · Caufield
Miller 0:08
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 07:21
Juraj Slafkovský · high sticking double minor4 min - 1st 11:49
Noah Laba · hooking2 min - 2nd 09:12Will Borgen · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 13:41Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 13Cole CaufieldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 16:20 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:32 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:38 |
| 93Ivan DemidovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:30 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:22 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:50 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:26 |
| 24Phillip DanaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:58 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:11 |
| 76Zachary BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 90Joseph VelenoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:38 |
| 91Oliver KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 48Lane HutsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:54 |
| 53Noah DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:43 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jacob FowlerG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 60:00 |
| 75Jakub DobesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| 16Vincent TrocheckC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:13 |
| 22Jonny BrodzinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 50Will CuylleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 17:23 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:00 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 23:10 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:55 |
| 8J.T. MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:17 |
| 24Tye KartyeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 38Adam SykoraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:16 |
| 42Noah LabaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 49Jaroslav ChmelarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:04 |
| 94Gabe PerreaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 |
| 4Braden SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 17Will BorgenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 29Matthew RobertsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:34 |
| 45Drew FortescueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Igor ShesterkinG | L | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 57:59 |
| 32Jonathan QuickG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |